Virginia Senate Bill 868 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-1)
Status: Passed on April 11 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1140)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Prohibited discrimination; public accommodations, employment, credit, and housing: causes of action; sexual orientation and gender identity. Creates causes of action for unlawful discrimination in public accommodations and employment in the Virginia Human Rights Act. Currently, under the Act there is no cause of action for discrimination in public accommodations, and the only causes of action for discrimination in employment are for (i) unlawful discharge on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, or childbirth or related medical conditions including lactation by employers employing more than five but fewer than 15 persons and (ii) unlawful discharge on the basis of age by employers employing more than five but fewer than 20 persons. The bill allows the causes of action to be pursued privately by the aggrieved person or, in certain circumstances, by the Attorney General. Before a civil cause of action may be brought in a court of the Commonwealth, an aggrieved individual must file a complaint with the Division of Human Rights of the Department of Law, participate in an administrative process, and receive a notice of his right to commence a civil action. The bill prohibits discrimination in public and private employment on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The bill also codifies for state and local government employment the current prohibitions on discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, or status as a veteran. Additionally, the bill (a) prohibits discrimination in public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or status as a veteran; (b) prohibits discrimination in credit on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, disability, and status as a veteran; and (c) adds discrimination on the basis of an individual's sexual orientation, gender identity, or status as a veteran as an unlawful housing practice. The bill makes technical amendments.

Discrimination; prohibited in public accommodations, etc., causes of action, civil actions.

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]	Sen. George Barker [D]
Sen. John Bell [D]	Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]	Sen. John Edwards [D]	Sen. Barbara Favola [D]
Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]	Sen. Janet Howell [D]	Sen. Lynwood Lewis [D]	Sen. Mamie Locke [D]
Sen. Louise Lucas [D]	Sen. Dave Marsden [D]	Sen. Monty Mason [D]	Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]
Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]	Sen. John Petersen [D]	Sen. Richard Saslaw [D]	Sen. Scott Surovell [D]
Sen. Jill Vogel [R]

2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (27-Y 13-N) (Y: 27 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-24 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N) (Y: 54 N: 46 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-24 - House - House: VOTE: Pass By (54-Y 46-N) (Y: 54 N: 46 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-13 - House - House: Reported from General Laws (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) (Y: 30 N: 9 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Amendment #5 by Senator Peake rejected (17-Y 23-N) (Y: 17 N: 23 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Amendments #'s 1,2,3,4,6,7,8 by Senator Peake rejected (19-Y 21-N) (Y: 19 N: 21 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 0-N 2-A) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1140)
2020-04-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1140 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-06	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-05	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-04	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB868ER)
2020-03-04	Senate	Enrolled
2020-02-26	Senate	Title replaced 20108819D-H1
2020-02-26	Senate	House substitute agreed to by Senate (27-Y 13-N)
2020-02-24	House	VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N)
2020-02-24	House	Passed House with substitute (54-Y 46-N)
2020-02-24	House	Engrossed by House - floor substitute SB868H1
2020-02-24	House	VOTE: Pass By (54-Y 46-N)
2020-02-24	House	Motion to pass by amendment by Delegate LaRock agreed to (54-Y 46-N)
2020-02-24	House	Passed by temporarily
2020-02-24	House	Substitute by Delegate Sickles agreed to 20108819D-H1
2020-02-24	House	Read third time
2020-02-24	House	Floor substitute printed 20108819D-H1 (Sickles)
2020-02-21	House	Passed by for the day
2020-02-20	House	Passed by for the day
2020-02-19	House	Passed by for the day
2020-02-18	House	Passed by for the day
2020-02-17	House	Read second time
2020-02-13	House	Reported from General Laws (13-Y 9-N)
2020-02-13	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2020-02-13	House	Read first time
2020-02-13	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-06	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 9-N)
2020-02-05	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB868S1
2020-02-05	Senate	Amendment #9 by Senator Peake rejected
2020-02-05	Senate	Amendment #5 by Senator Peake rejected (17-Y 23-N)
2020-02-05	Senate	Amendments #'s 1,2,3,4,6,7,8 by Senator Peake rejected (19-Y 21-N)
2020-02-05	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2020-02-05	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20107133D-S1
2020-02-05	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-05	Senate	Read second time
2020-02-04	Senate	Passed by for the day
2020-02-03	Senate	Passed by for the day
2020-01-31	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2020-01-29	Senate	Incorporates SB159 (Boysko)
2020-01-29	Senate	Incorporates SB66 (McClellan)
2020-01-29	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20107133D-S1
2020-01-29	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 0-N 2-A)
2020-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2020-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104737D

SB66 (Similar To) 2020-01-29 - Incorporated by General Laws and Technology
SB159 (Similar To) 2020-01-29 - Incorporated by General Laws and Technology

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	1500.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	1507	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	1604	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	853	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	854	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	965	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	2901.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3004	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3900	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3901	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3902	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3903	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3904	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3907	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	520	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	295.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	306	(n/a)	See Bill Text
55	1	1310	(n/a)	See Bill Text
6	2	501	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB868
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB868+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB868S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB868H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB868ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1140+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S12V0074+SB0868
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0257SB0868+SB0868
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0355SB0868+SB0868
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0356SB0868+SB0868
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0365SB0868+SB0868
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H11V0372+SB0868
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1246+SB0868
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1245+SB0868
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1019SB0868+SB0868